The Ohio native will be familiar to Brits from when he faced Tyson in Belfast back in 2011 before being stopped inside five rounds.

Firtha, 36, last fought two years against current WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder, who ousted him inside four.

But before he can come up against Firtha, Fury is set for action in Bristol, at the City Academy Sports Centre, two weeks earlier as part of the undercard to Nick Blackwell’s British middleweight title defence against Elliott Matthews.